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Tuesday business briefs 5-27

Hobby Lobby opens 600th store

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — ­ Hobby Lobby Stores, a privately held national retail chain of arts and crafts stores, welcomes Yukon, Okla., as home to its 600th store with an official grand opening celebration at 9 a.m. on Monday, June 9. Hobby Lobby, headquartered in Oklahoma City, Okla., began as Greco, a miniature picture frames company in 1970. When David Green moved his business from the family’s garage to a 300-square-foot retail space in 1972, Hobby Lobby was founded.

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Rural telecommunications grants available

WASHINGTON — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced USDA is accepting applications for grants to enhance telecommunications and broadcast services in rural areas. The funding is available from the community connect grant program, the distance learning and telemedicine program, and the public television station digital transition grant program. Details are in the Federal Register, Vol 79, No. 99, for May 22 at gpo.gov/fdsys.

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Rogers Realty to auction brick manufacturer

THOMASVILLE — Rogers Realty & Auction Group of Mt. Airy has been awarded the contract services of conducting the liquidation of the former Cunningham Brick Manufacturing Company in Thomasville. Included in the liquidation process is the selling of machinery, equipment, rolling stock, buildings and real estate holdings accumulated over three generations. It will take two auctions to complete. The first auction is scheduled for Tuesday, June 24, at the Thomasville plant. On Wednesday, June 25, an online auction will be used to sell two lakefront properties at High Rock Lake.